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Patented Sept. 21,1886.

Z n M asses NITED STATES j FRANK E. THOMPSON AND JOHN W. STEDMAN, OF ELKHART, INDIANA BENCH- PLATE.

' SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 349,619, dated September 21, 1886.

Application filed July 9, 1886. Serial No. 207,625.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK E. THOMPSON and JOHN W. STEDMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Bench-Plates; and we do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a device or revolving plate for holding tinners or metal-workers tools, stakes, shears, 820.; and it consists in the novel features more fully hereinafterset forth, claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings, in which Figure l-is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a crossseetion on the line as .r of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the several partsdetached and arranged in their relative positions, and Fig. 4. is a side view of the revolving plate.

The ringA is designed to be let into an opening, cut in the bench for its reception. The outer edge is beveled, and an annular flange, a, extending from its upper edge, is designed to support the ring and keep it level, also to prevent its dropping through the opening in the bench. The circular plate B is fitted within the ring,and its edge is beveled to correspond with the interior of the ring to prevent itsdropping through and to keep it level, and to make a seat for it to revolve on. nular flange, b, projecting from its upper edge and seated in a corresponding rabbet, a, in the ring, affords a further support. The .trussbrace 0 holds the ring and plate in position. It is of a length greater than the diameter of the lower outer edge of the ring, so it may get a purchase at each end on the bench on diametrically-opposite sides of the opening. A bolt, D,passed through the center of the plate B and truss, is threaded on its lower end and provided with the hand-nut d, for drawing the -parts in place and firmly holding the ring and plate in position. The plate B is preferably of a thickness equal to the thickness of the An an- (No model.)

ring, and is provided with a series of openings or sockets, a, for the reception of the several tools, stakes, &c. The trussbrace can be used to hold the plate 011 any thickness of bench.

Prior to our improvements the apertured or socketed plate was seated in a ring fitted in a circular recess cutin the bench and held therein by a bolt passed centrally thcrethrough and through an aperture in the bench in the bottom of the recess, the lower end of the bolt being threaded and provided with a hand lever or nut which is adapted to engage the lower side of the bench. Such construction is not broadly'claiined, from which ours differs cssentially in having an opening cut-entirely through the bench and the plate-supporting ring fitted wholly therein. The plate and ring are held in place by the truss O, which is sleeved on the lower end of the bolt and has its ends extended-beyond the opening in the bench and engaged with the bench on diametricallyopposite sides of the opening. By this construction it matters little whether the ringA is of a greater thickness than the bench or not, as the parts will be securely and firmly held in place.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut is The combination, with the bench havingan opening cut therethrough, and the ring A, having an offset or flange projecting from its outer edge and rabbeted on its inner edge fitted in said opening, .of the apertured or socketed circular plate B, seated in the ring and pro vided with a flange resting in the rabbet, the bolt D,'threaded at its lower end, the truss O, mounted on the bolt and having its ends eX- tended and engaging the bench on diametrically-opposite sides of the opening, as shown, and the hand-nut d, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. THOMPSON. JOHN W. STEDMAN. lVitncsses:

HARRY S. Onns'rnn, A. WARD. 

